(10 years ago)

In his later years, the Tang Dynasty, which was worried about external troubles, had already fallen apart, and the world was in chaos, and the state of Chu was difficult to establish and settle in the land of Hunan and Hubei in the turbulent times at the end of the Tang Dynasty. In the intricate interweaving of local feudal towns, the blue and vast Dongting Lake is like a clear tear from the sky on the shore of the Yangtze River, which has long been a struggling livelihood. In this land that raised Qu Yuan and other literary masters, a group of literati and writers were saddened by the collapse of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the pain of the people being displaced in the troubled times, and often connected with each other to write poems and compose music on the peaceful shores of Dongting Lake. With the passage of time, more and more literati and heroes came to the city, and the gradual expansion of the scale made the humble humble houses originally located on the shore of Dongting Lake into an extraordinary blue tile platform, and the Shuitian Pavilion with the name of poetry and books has since become famous in the rivers and lakes.

"The blue water murmurs and reflects the green peaks, and the mountains and rivers paint the remnant sun. The awake are in tears, and the drunk are still in love with the dream. A blue-clothed scholar was reading a poem on the Yueyang Tower with his hands behind his back while looking at the Dongting Lake in front of him that showed the beauty of fairyland in the churning mist, thinking that the beautiful rivers and mountains in China are now shattered, he couldn't help but show a little sadness and helplessness.

"Daddy, daddy, why are you here, my mother said that the meal is ready, let Rou'er call you back to eat!" A little girl, accompanied by a guard, ran up to Yueyang Tower with joy.

"Pavilion master, I'm sorry, Miss insists on coming up, it's really hard to stop the small one." The guard's tone was a little self-reproachful, "In addition, Madame entrusted a small message to the pavilion master that the Dragon Soul Sword has been sealed today, I hope the pavilion master does not have to worry." ”

"Well, okay, you can step down." Xiushi's voice was soft and hearty, he turned around and took the little girl's hand and walked to the place where he was standing, looking at the beautiful scenery in front of him, and then looked down at the pair of clear eyes that the little girl looked at him, Xiushi seemed to have some unspeakable secrets in his heart.

"Good Rou'er, Daddy really wants to be by your and your mother's side for the rest of my life, take good care of you, and protect you." Xiushi's tone suddenly became a little low and confused, "It's a pity that in the troubled times, there are a few people who can be alone, and a few people who can be happy." ”

"Daddy, Rou'er doesn't understand, as long as Rou'er is with my mother and me, she can play with Rou'er every day. Rou'er will be obedient and will not make her father angry. The little girl shook Xiushi's hand and said in a childish voice.

"Well, Rou'er is Daddy's proudest child, let's go, let's go home!" Xiushi picked up the little girl and happily walked towards the stairs, when suddenly, a sharp arrow came from behind and pierced Xiushi's heart. Xiushi spat out blood in an instant, supported his body and put the little girl on the ground safely and fell sideways, and then only the heart-rending cry of the little girl echoed in Yueyang Tower.

(Chengdu, inside the Thousand Medicine Hall)

"Daddy, Daddy!" A long-haired woman with a delicate face and picturesque eyebrows woke up from a bed in her bedroom, and a sudden nightmare woke her up with beads of sweat rolling down her forehead. She covered her forehead with her hand, trying her best not to recall the scene in her dream, and then she staggered out of bed, washed up briefly, put on the gray clothes printed with gossip patterns, and walked out of the room, and then came to a separate room not far away in the night. Here, Ouyang He, who had been seriously injured before, was still lying calmly on the bed, and after yesterday's emergency treatment, her face looked better. The woman in gray sat on the edge of the bed and began to carefully diagnose her pulse, due to the timely rescue yesterday, the meridians blocked by blood congestion in Ouyang He's body were successfully opened, and the auxiliary effect of people participating in He Shou Wu, Ouyang He's life was no longer in serious trouble. At the same time, in the process of treating Ouyang He, she always felt that there was a somewhat strange but familiar force in Ouyang He's body lingering near her atrium, and this power seemed to be as if she was bound by something, and it was difficult to disperse it by transporting true qi. "The rumored first beauty of Dashu in the rivers and lakes, Ouyang He, the owner of Yufeng Mountain Villa, who are you sacred?" The woman in gray quietly looked at the beautiful face in front of her, and kept silently thinking about this question that she was a little curious about.

"Miss Chu, it turns out that you are here, have you seen Meng Yan? I just went to the toilet, and when I came back, I found that Meng Yan was not in bed. The door creaked open, and Ling Rui saw the woman in gray asking her about Meng Yan's whereabouts with some excitement.

"I also just got up, and then I came here directly, and I didn't find Meng Gongzi." The woman in gray also felt a little surprised, "Then Ling Gongzi should think about it, where Meng Gongzi is most likely to go now." ”

Ling Rui was anxious, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly became a little shocked, and then said to the woman in gray that Meng Yan was very likely to go to the prison alone to save his parents, because last night he knew that Ouyang Girl was seriously injured and had been deeply blaming himself because of his incompetence that he implicated Ouyang Girl in the murder of her.

"That matter is urgent, I will go to the Heavenly Prison immediately to check the situation, Ouyang ...... Xiaohe bothered Miss Chu to take care of it! Ling Rui hesitated for a moment when he called Ouyang He, and then immediately rushed to the Heavenly Prison.

On the other hand, Meng Yan successfully evaded the jailers and entered the prison by dripping drugs into the prison guards on the beams of the house, and after some searching, he found the place where King Jin and his wife were being held.

"Dad, mother!" Meng Yan knelt in front of the cell door and softly called out to King Jin and his wife, who were already tired from hunger and cold, and his voice was mixed with trembling crying.

"Yan'er, why are you here?" King Jin Meng Yan gradually woke up after hearing the voice, and saw Meng Yan kneeling in front of him looking surprised and frightened, "You are so confused, hurry up and get out of here, go quickly, if even you are arrested, there will really be no hope for me up and down King Jin's mansion!" ”

"No, Dad, I must rescue you and my mother today, I will definitely not let you suffer here." Meng Yan said and opened the cell door with the key on the jailer's body, and at the same time, there was a noisy voice outside the prison, and the patrolling Xuanwu guard soldiers quickly rushed towards the prison after discovering the jailer who had been drugged.

"Yan'er, my father asked you to leave immediately, do you want to harm no one in our Jin Wangfu to be able to avenge your grievances?" Meng Yan's tone became more and more severe, and Princess Jin, who woke up on the side, also hugged Meng Yan excitedly and urged Meng Yan to leave with tears streaming down her face. After Meng Yan stubbornly cried and begged King Jin and his wife to go with him, Meng Yan forced him to die, telling Meng Yan that if he did not leave the couple, the couple would immediately die in the cell.

Meng Yan looked at his parents who were extremely persistent in front of him, and finally obeyed sadly, and rushed out of the cell with red eyes after kowtowing three times in tears to fight with the Xuanwu guards. As the battle continued, more and more soldiers came to reinforce him, and Meng Yan was surrounded in the courtyard of the Heavenly Prison by three layers inside and three layers outside.

"Shoot the arrows!" As soon as the non-commissioned officer gave the order, a rain of arrows in the sky shot densely into the courtyard from outside the courtyard, and at this moment, Ling Rui arrived in time and blocked in front of Meng Yan to cover him and leave first. However, the righteous Meng Yan did not leave, but struggled with Ling Rui to resist the attack of the rain of arrows. Then the rain of arrows stopped, hundreds of Xuanwu guard soldiers slaughtered into the courtyard, Ling Rui gritted his teeth and rushed forward with an arrow step, quickly killing the two soldiers who rushed in front, and then the soldiers quickly formed an encirclement and firmly surrounded the two.

"Wait for the anti-thief to quickly drop his weapon and arrest him, otherwise he will be killed!" The non-commissioned officer stepped forward and said sharply to the two.

"Heh, Brother Meng, are you ready to give it a go?" Ling Rui raised his sword, a smile crossed the corner of his mouth and said to Meng Yan.

"Dad, mother, and the fate of King Jin's Mansion are all in my hands, I won't just die here!" Meng Yan's eyes changed from grief and indignation to firmness, and the knife in his hand also shone with a terrifying silver light under the moonlight.

The non-commissioned officer gave an order, and the two sides were about to fight fiercely, and in an instant, a dexterous black shadow under the moonlight jumped down from the roof at an extremely fast speed and stood in front of Meng Yan and Ling Rui, and at the same time threw out a flying tiger claw to grab the non-commissioned officer who had not yet reacted and pulled it in front of him with one force, and then pulled out a lancet with the other hand and held it against the non-commissioned officer's throat to restrain the non-commissioned officer.

"Leave a way for us to leave now, or I'll kill him right now!" The black shadow let out a low and cold male voice, and the non-commissioned officer hurriedly let the soldiers disperse in a panic, and the three of them carried the non-commissioned officer out of the courtyard slowly. When the three of them gradually moved away from the prison, the black shadow kicked the non-commissioned officer away, and then quickly disappeared into the night of the street with Ling Rui and Meng Yan. The non-commissioned officer was furious and led the soldiers in hot pursuit in the direction the three had left.

The three of them hid in an abandoned small building to avoid the pursuit of the non-commissioned officer, Ling Rui wanted to thank the black shadow and ask him why he came to the rescue, but the black shadow quickly left along the roof next to the street without leaving a word after looking back at them, leaving the two of them to look at each other awkwardly in a somewhat ignorant way.

As the day began to dawn, the two cautiously returned to the Thousand Medicine Hall, and happened to meet a medicine boy who was about to go to the street to buy medicinal herbs. The medicine boy was a little happy to tell them that the owner of Ouyang Zhuang had woken up, and now the shopkeeper was removing the blood for her, and the two happily thanked the medicine boy and came to Ouyang He's room, Ling Rui knocked on the door and the woman in gray opened the door, and after getting permission to enter, the two of them came in and saw Ouyang He who was lying on the bed looking at them with a smile, her clear eyes and charming smile seemed to melt the hearts of the two teenagers.

"Meng Mou thanks the girl for her rescue to Miss Zai Xia and Ouyang, dare to ask the girl's name?" Meng Yan thanked the woman in gray.

"My name is Chu Birou, there is no need to say more kind words, the two sons, now that Meng Gongzi has basically recovered, and the injury of Ouyang Zhuang is no longer serious, but it will take a certain amount of time for the recovery of the meridians of the whole body, during this period, you must remember that Ouyang Zhuang Master cannot use his skills, otherwise it will affect the self-repair of the meridians and cause the previous efforts to be lost." Chu Birou said word by word, "Another...... Forget it, as long as you don't use your luck, it won't have an impact, so let's wait until you rescue King Jin. Chu Birou was a little speechless when she mentioned the mysterious true qi in Ouyang He's body.

"Meng Gongzi, Ling Gongzi, you don't have to worry, I'm fine." Ouyang He said in a soft and somewhat trembling tone, "I have heard everything from Miss Chu, you should go back and rest quickly." ”

"Miss Ouyang......" Meng Yan seemed to want to say a few more words to Ouyang He, but he sighed and walked straight out of the room. Miss Chu, then I'll leave everything to you, if there is anything you need our help with, just come to us. Ling Rui thanked Chu Birou, glanced back at Ouyang He with some concern, and then left with Meng Yan.

When he returned to the room, Meng Yan confided in Ling Rui that he was feeling so confused now, and he didn't know what to do to rescue his parents safely, after all, all the people who could find him had already tried all the methods he could think of, and the only thing he could do now was to take a risk and go to King Mu's mansion to find the Tang assassin. At this moment, there was a hurried knock on the door outside the room, which made Meng Yan and Ling Rui unconsciously a little nervous.

"Brother Yan, Brother Yan, are you in there? Mingming has something to look for you. Xing Mingming's eager shouts came from outside the door, Ling Rui opened the door cautiously, and after observing that there were no suspicious characters around, he asked Xing Mingming to come in quickly, and then Ling Rui took Xing Mingming to Meng Yan's room with some reluctance. After Xing Mingming sat down and took a big sip of water, she said that after she went to King Mu's mansion yesterday, she overheard a big secret in the back garden of King Mu's mansion. It turned out that in order to prevent Xuanwu Wei from holding the flag and making Xiahou Xu cross the river and tear down the bridge to his disadvantage, King Mu kept the letters between the two people and the Tang Dynasty that should have been burned and hid them somewhere in King Mu's mansion, so that he could still have Xiahou Xu's handle in his hands during the showdown in the future.

Hearing this news, Meng Yan's already low mood suddenly rose again, and he immediately decided to visit King Mu's mansion again tonight, and secretly determined that this time he must find these letters and bring them back safely.